Weston-super-Mare is alive with a huge variety of music and it’s a scene that keeps growing! There’s live music guaranteed every week so you can relive the classics or discover a brand new earworm right in between visits to the beach. With so much on, we don’t want you to miss a thing! So here’s our list of live music venues to find your new favourite act in!
Beats Every Week
These venues regularly host live music to keep you entertained whether you enjoy the range of an open mic night or prefer a full set dedicated to a specific talent. These are our favourites for discovering amazing local talent from the South West!
Brit Bar
118 High St, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1HP
Website: https://www.thebritbar.co.uk/
Jam Sessions: Friday
Live Bands: Saturday/ sometimes Thursday
Open stage: 7pm – 10pm Sunday
This is Weston’s best known live music venue and it is one with a difference. The stage is outdoors in the courtyard – so you might want to bring a coat! It’s a venue with a touch of the festival vibes about it.
Revo Kitchen & Terrace
Marine Parade, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1BE
Website: https://www.revokitchen.co.uk/
Music 7.30pm Friday and Saturday, 1.30pm Sunday
Here you can lap up some great sounds while taking it easy over a meal or having a coffee in one of their comfortable sofas.
Fork N Ale
18 Walliscote Road, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1UG
Website: https://forknale.uk/
Open Mic: 7:30pm Thursday
Once a month: Wednesday Sea Shanties with The Steepholmers
The Weston Independent Market at the Italian Gardens
BS23 1HU
Website: https://www.westonmarket.co.uk/
Every Wednesday.
Outdoor market with usually three to four performers on the open air stage.
Dragon Kiss
18-20 Regent St, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1SQ
Website: https://www.facebook.com/p/Dragon-Kiss-100063510552945/
Music every Friday/ Saturday
The Ship Inn Uphill
56 Uphill Way, Uphill, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 4TN
Website: https://www.facebook.com/TheShipUphill?locale=en_GB
Music every Sunday
Selected Sets
These venues specialise in a curated line up over the year, so it’s worth giving them a quick research to see what they might have lined up during your visit to Weston.
Sass Cafe & Bar
16-18 S Parade, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1JN
Website: https://www.facebook.com/sasscafeandbar/?locale=en_GB
Music most Fridays from 9:30pm
Royal Grosvenor Hotel
3-5 Knightstone Rd, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 2AH
Website: https://royalgrosvenorhotel.co.uk/
Music most Saturdays 2pm – 4pm in the form of tribute acts.
CJ’s Bar at The Royal Hotel
1 South Parade, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1JP
Website: https://www.facebook.com/CJSBarAtTheRoyalHotel/?locale=en_GB
Music most Fridays from 9pm
Legends Bar
19 Wadham St, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1JZ
Website: https://www.facebook.com/theoldstablewsm/photos?locale=en_GB
Music Friday or Saturday
The Regency
22-24 Lower Church Rd, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 2AG
Website: https://www.facebook.com/p/The-Regency-Weston-s-Mare-100037234399905/?locale=en_GB
Look out for the Regency’s regular 4pm Sunday afternoon slot.
Weekend music bars
Olea
14 S Parade, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1JN
Website: https://www.facebook.com/officialolea/?locale=da_DK
Music or live DJ most weekends (Friday- Sunday)
Blues Bar
Alexandra Parade, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1QQ
Website: https://www.facebook.com/p/Blues-Bar-61551706961296/
Music some weekends: 8:30pm Friday &Saturday, 6pm Sunday
Captains Cabin
51 Birnbeck Rd, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 2EF
Website:https://www.facebook.com/CaptainsCabinWeston/?locale=en_GB
Music (more in the summer) currently some Sundays at 4pm
Tavernn Inn The Town
57-59 Regent St, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1SP
Website: https://www.facebook.com/taverninnthetown/
Music some Fridays and Saturdays. Some Saturday sessions are held outdoors.
Black Cat Micropub
135 High St, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1HN
Website: https://www.facebook.com/BlackCatMicropub/
Music occasionally on Sundays at this small cat-themes intimate venue.
Dakota Saloon
51 Oxford St, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1TN
Website: https://www.facebook.com/p/Dakota-Saloon-61560343471767/
Country & Western bar. Music occasionally on Saturdays 9pm plus line dancing events.
Raddy’s Cafe Bar
14 Beach Rd, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1AU
Website: https://www.facebook.com/raddyscafebar?locale=en_GB
Music occasionally on Sundays
The Dolphin Uphill
82-84 Uphill Way, Uphill, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 4TN
Website: https://www.facebook.com/thedolphinuphill/?locale=en_GB
Music occasionally on Sundays or Fridays
The Electric Banana
Oxford Place, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1TN
Website: https://www.facebook.com/theelectricbananawsm/?locale=en_GB
Loves Cafe
9 West St, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1JR
Website: https://www.facebook.com/lovesweston/?locale=en_GB
Big Sounds, Big Venues
Our theatres don’t just put on plays, they’re pretty hot as live music venues too.
Front Room
13 Central Walk, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1FF
Website: https://frontroomwsm.com/
Fringe theatre venue with occasional live music performers
Blakehay
20 Wadham St, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1JZ
Website: https://www.blakehay.org.uk/
Up-and coming on the live music scene. Look out for their programme of intimate concerts and chat shows with some big name performers from yesteryear.
The Playhouse Theatre
126-130 High St, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1HP
Website: https://www.parkwoodtheatres.co.uk/playhouse-theatre/whats-on
If you want tribute bands that sound just like the real thing, then the Playhouse Theatre has them coming thick and fast.
Music Festivals
We’ve a number of incredible live music festivals that run throughout the year – all worth planning a trip around!
Summer Fest At The Beach
Music festivals don’t come much bigger than this. Summer Fest at The Beach features massive acts such as Madness, Scouting for Girls, The Hoosiers, Dizzee Rascal and Sophie Ellis-Bextor to name just a few.
June 5, 6 & 7 Weston-super-Mare Beach.
InCider Festival
On in February
Website: https://www.fuelledbycider.com/in-cider
This annual favourite is a three-day summer-style festival brought indoors! Loads of bands, loads of fun, cheap as chips and with holiday camp fun and games in between the sets. This event at the Sand Bay Holiday Village has become a Weston institution.
Harbor Light Elvis Festival
Europe’s Premier Elvis Festival – ‘Harbor Lights’ – comes from the Winter Gardens Pavilion in Weston super Mare.
The annual festival attracts people from all over the world for one magical weekend each February. The programme includes sets from some of the top Elvis tribute acts from around the world as well as a competition where up-and-coming performers compete for the chance to win an all-expenses trip to Memphis with $1,000 spending money.
Teddy BOY Tempest
For one weekend a year, Weston-super-Mare rolls the clock back to the days of the Mods and Rockers with the annual Teddy Boy Tempest. Watch out for their parade which usually breaks out into spontaneous dancing either on the promenade or Grove Park.
Hard TRance Weekender
For one weekend a year, Ibiza comes to Weston-super-Mare with the Hard Trance weekender, featuring up to 75 DJs playing all the anthems.
Weston Lion’s Charity Real Ale and Cider Festival
On in July – Live bands to get you in the mood.
Website: https://www.westonlionsrealalefestival.co.uk/
Weston-super-Mare Sea Shanty and Folk Music Festival
On in July/August
Website: https://wsmshantyfest.com/
This feel-good FREEBIE festival is guaranteed to get your toes tapping. It has a main outdoor stage in the Italian Gardens but the 40-or-so bands don’t stop there, spilling into bars and pubs across the town throughout the afternoons and evenings. The audience are invited to dress as pirates and join the weekend-long vibe.
Mendip Mini-Fests
Bring the kids, pack the tent and give the youngsters the perfect introduction to festival life with a trip to one of the regular Mendip Mini-Fests
Grand Pier Events
Throughout the year – a massive mix of events and music styles
Website: https://www.grandpier.co.uk/events/
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